LETTERS TO THE EDITOR   Dear Sir: I cannot believe the article by R Nipper in the May 2014 issue of El Ojo!  Not only is he a bigoted jerk, he has no knowledge of North American history other than the idiotic teachings of the B . . . . . . . who wrote […]

An Angel In An Unexpected Place By Gabrielle Blair   Peculiar travel arrangements are dancing lessons from God —  Kurt Vonnegut He wasn’t that young – late fifties perhaps. We were late arriving at Mexico City, our plane having been delayed in Toronto for nearly an hour. We knew it would be tight crossing from Terminal

A Letter From Helen Keller May 9, 1933   To the Student Body of Germany: History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them. You can burn my books and the books

Chapala   Smart friends will think you’re rather chic When you retire to Ajijic. They’ll know that’s “where the water runs” ‘Neath temperate skies and gentle suns. May even know Chapala Lake Invites retirement for its sake; Where anytime you might request a Margarita and siesta. Soft zephyrs blowing off the lake Confirm again a

But What I Really Meant Was… By Kathy Koches   Several years ago, before moving to Mexico, my husband and I took a vacation in the Yucatan. We thought we spoke a little Spanish, because I had taken several years of it in school and my husband worked in a Mexican restaurant for many years.

The Conservative Corner Stealing an American dream one national monument at a time By Marita Noon   Thanks to the EPA’s announcement of the new C02 regulations and the Bergdahl prisoner swap, excessive executive power has been prominently featured in the news cycle. Yet, just last month another story of executive overreach got little coverage.

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   Was Rudyard Kipling a bridge player? There is no evidence that he was but his immortal words: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” came to my mind while playing the diagrammed hand in a match-point duplicate game. East dealt and

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR     Dear Sir:   Congratulations on your thorough debunking of the “American Dream.” Your undeniable statistics speak for themselves. I have always felt that the so-called “American Dream” was nothing more than a wet dream that adolescents have before the real thing. The only question remains: Why don’t more US citizens

Escape By Ron Knight   Many people have awakened from the American Dream, and sorry to say, they have “morning breath.” Mostly, because we wonder what happened to our country, no matter which side of the body politic you are on, left or right. It’s not about the left or right anymore, it’s perhaps deeper

Escaping The Cliches By Robin Lawerson   (First published several years ago, but with a story that will always be relevant as long as people come to Mexico with the dream of becoming writers.) How can I escape the clichés in writing about my new life in Mexico? All gringos who arrive here seem fated